Special Education & Disability Acronyms / Abbreviations {Tip 23-31}

As you participate in your child’s special education process, you may feel that everyone has started speaking in a foreign language during meetings. While it may seem like a foreign language, it is a language of initials (acronyms). Acronyms are used often and it is assumed that everyone is familiar with the meaning.

We put together a quick reference Special Education list (grab your copy below, and add to your IEP Notebook). in the hopes that it may bring more understanding and clarity. The complete list of special education and disability abbreviations and acronyms is below.

Special Education & Disability Acronyms / Abbreviations

Quick Reference Guide

Knowledge is power

A – Acronyms

AAC= Alternative Augmentative Communication

ABA = Applied Behavioral Analysis

ADA= Americans with Disabilities Act

ADD/ADHD =Attention Deficit/Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADLs = Activities of Daily Living

APE = Adaptive Physical Education

ASD | Autism Spectrum Disorders

ASL| American Sign Language

AT | Assistive Technology

AYP | Adequate Yearly Progress

B – Acronyms

BD | Behavioral Disorder

BIP | Behavioral Intervention Plan

BOE| Board of Education

C – Acronyms

CBA| Curriculum Based Assessment

CCSS | Common Core State Standards

CDA | Child Development Associate

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CD | Cognitive Delay

CF | Cystic Fibrosis

COTA | Certified Occupational Therapist Assistant

CP | Cerebral Palsy

CST | Child Study Team

D- Acronyms

DB | Deaf-Blind

DD | Developmental Delay

DOE | Department of Education

DoH | Department of Health

DPH | Due Process Hearing Officer

DS | Down Syndrome

DSM | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by the American Psychiatric Association